David Cullinane (Sinn Fein)

-----by this and previous Governments. The Minister for Health needs to come into this Chamber to discuss the real concerns people in County Roscommon and in many other counties have who believe that what happened in Roscommon County Hospital could also happen in their counties.

I propose an amendment to the Order of Business: that the Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill be heard from 3.45 p.m. from to 4.45 p.m. and from 4.45 p.m. to 6.45 p.m. that the Minister for Health would come into the House. It seems he is afraid of debate, afraid to come in here and listen to the views of the elected representatives who represent people who have been betrayed by the Government and by the promises that were made by the Labour Party and Fine Gael. It is simply not good enough. We want to know when the Minister for Health will come into this House.